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Tokyo, March 10.

Occupation officials today reported that Japanese merchant ships have been given blanket clearance to enter ports of India, Burma, Siam and the Philippines and "diplomatic action is being taken" to expand opportunities for Japan's merchant fleet to re-enter international competition.

Another Tram Union official deported

Mr. Au Young Blu-fung, Vice Chairman of the Tram. way Workers' Union, har loft Hong Kong on orders by the Hong Kong Government, sc. cording to vernacular Press reports.

This could not be confirmed In official quarters yesterday. The

roports added that he wa

Police escorted by the

at

dawn yesterday to the border following an official order that is the

Clearance into the Philippine ports is on govern

ment-to-government trade handled through SCAP while other arrangements have been made in recent trade agreements.

In addition, special clearance into Korean, Tai- wan and Persian Gulf ports has been obtained frequently by Gonoral MacArthur's headquar ters for a number of specific shipments. Colonel Harold Miller, chiet

ablity to absorb in the time the

ment.

HONG KONG, SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1950.

Commandos on Parade

Members of 40 Commando, 'Royrt Marince, who took part.in the Ceremonial Parade at thị Hong Kong Cricket Club ground yesterday morning. The Governor. Bir Alexander Grantham,

· Inspected the Commendor—("China Mall” Photo).

Nationalists intensify air war against Reds

Taipah, March 10.

of the occupation's civil trans-purchasing power thereby made portation section, suld these available, it had been necessary to suspend licensing of imperia of high seas operations were pro-Japanese textiles pending the viding business for about 300.- 000 tons of dry cargo vessels negotiation of the new arrange- and 15 tankers. But another

was unfortunate that this 700,000 tons of merchant ship-negotiation was much protracted

half of the ping-nearly

which meant that there was an Japanese total merchant fleet inevitable delay in launching the today-will be idle when it is sterling area's current purchases returned from government to particularly those of the colony "At the same time, this delay private operations on April 1.

of itself need not have boon A diplomatie official reported serious, since there was a

very that the American headquarters is considerable backlog to be work? Nationalist Air Force, in a review for the week through Morch 8, said that 209 planes drop- the negotiating with representatives of ed eff during the first six months. other foreign powers in Tokyo. arising from commitments' already

ped: 61 1⁄2 tons of bombs.. if during that six months, "but so far no new clearances made,

Damage or destruction was had not proved

Air Headquarters also reported have been obtained."

SCAP's to be considerably, greater than inflicted on two steamers, one that 121,000 leaflets were dropped. Air and naval forces Jolned to- gunboat, seven motorised junks, had been expected".

ha leave Hong Kong.

Au Young If true, fourth man associated with the recent Tramway workers- to be management disputa orderåd out of the Colony,

Shanghai Reds blackmailing foreign firms

Ottawa, March 10. Mr. Bruce Rankin, former Canadian Trade Commissioner

for

The official said: "We defnitely ure pressing for greater freedom Japanese shipping." Sime op- position to any overseas operation ef Japanese ships before a peace settlement is being met., he said, but declined to specify the views of the governments approached.

in Shanghai, told a news con- Few “in class”

ference today that

Chinese

Communists are very effective

in blackmailing foreign com-

Crs,

Mr. Smith added: "The problem

Intensification of the air war against Red China

was claimed here today.

The

·

36 big junks, 530 small junks.gether in concerted bombardment of the Southern tip of the Luichow base which juts out towards the Peninsula, Communist invasion big South Chipa island of Hainan.

is one of phasing, of the avallone landing craft, 37 trucks. ability of adequate working copl 160 buildings, three dockyards tal und of the provision and one locomotive and fire ferry

It is per use of credit facilities.

the nature of the Japan-ater-boals.

ling area trade that by and large there is a lag between Japan's purchases of raw materials and

sterling area purchases of finished Anti-bandit

products.

Colonel Miller sald the fact that "It is confidently expected that panies and forcing them to pay-only-a-few-Japanese ships pre-ways and means will be found. meet for to overcome the short term dll)-; huge sums to discharged worksently are "in clans"

eign port requirements was as culties which have arisen and in important as political considera particular it is hoped that it will tions in confining the Japanese to be possible to negotiate the ar home waters.

rangement for next year carlier About 280,000 tons of ocear and more quickly so that such being dislocations as have hitherto heen vessels are now going converted to meet Internationa' | experienced will not re-occur." safety and other requirements

They lock the tranagement in their offices, without food OT water, unill they get what they want," Mr. Rankin said.

Mr. Rankin ran the Nation. alist blockade of Shanghal

weeks several

reaching ago. Hong Kong aboard the Chinese ship.

Wo Pang. From Hong Kong he resched Canada by plane. He said Communist defences In Shanghal were ineffective against Nationalist air raids.

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LABOUR GOV'T FACING

ANOTHER CRUCIAL VOTE

London, March 10.: Britain's Labour Govern- ment squeaked past its first major Parliamentary test last night, but the uneasy Labourites face fresh trou- ble in another crucial vote on Monday.

By a 14-vote margin, 310 to 296, Prime Minister Clement At- tlee's Socialists beat back a Con- servative motion aimed againat the Impending nationalisation of the iron and steel industry. defeat would "have forced the Government to resign only two weeks after-it won à second term in a closu general election.

Still ahead of the Government. -whose overall majority in the House of Commons was cut yes- terday to only six scatski, z vote on Monday on another Con- servative motion. This deplores | 000 the Government's failure to sug» gest housing programme improve- ments in the speech it prepared for King George to deliver at Parliament's opening last Mon-

day,

Like the nationalisation censure voted down yesterday, the hous- ing motion proposes an amend- ment to The King's address. The Government Has cald any such amendment is an issue of

oonfidence. Labour leaders said that if beaten, they would re- sign and call a new election.

Sir Arthur Morse

on

China outlook.

Bir Arthur Morse, Chairman of the Board of Director of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation; referred to the outlook in China and the Far East generally in his spooch at the annual meeting.of the Bank yesterday.

Bir Arthur described the recent Sino-Boulet Agreement elpnificant pointer to the Paking Government's plans and poilsio.

He said that though nationalistle Influences in China would be strong, the country's leaders would also be swayed by for- eign polloy considerations and the naad for forstan trade. 'It' remained to be seen, he added, which pull will be the stronger. Bir Arthur Bald there was no valid reason why Britain and China ould not trade on satisfactory terms

Soviet officials stress desire for peace

Moscow, March 10.

Three members of the Soviet Union's, Politburo have put peace among the great powers as today's greatest international objective.

vote on housing may find

All three have made de- it even tougher for the Labour

to Government

all its clarations along these lines in tep members. In line, several Labour campaign speeches in the con-

∙have |stituencies, where of Parliament members

they the criticised

Government's candidates for the coming na-. housing record in the past.

Labour lost one seat of

of its tiny Parliamentary majority yesterday

tional elections on Sunday.

arc

They are Deputy Premiers when Conservative Florence Hors Georgi Malenkov, Lavrenti P.

Row-Berla and Andrel A. Andreyev.

burgh

Malenkov, speaking in Moscowytó Hall of Coluinns - lest

rgh defeated Labourite land W. Cassola for the Moss Side of Manchester. The constituency election, had been delayed 15 days famous by the death of -a previously

Conservative candi-

nominated date.

Record vote Parliamentary whips of both parties mustered the heaviest attendance ini-Commoņu, since 1882 for yesterday's record vote. Labour got the votes of all its members

who, were not pre-, vented from voting by· llindar, or Parliamentary positions—ati | but five of the Party'e mum. bera.

.Nine

phic

by

members

Tories win another

seat

Lancashire, March 9. Lobour's Blander, overall ma- night, drew a storm of applause jority in the new. Bitish House from his listeners when is do- of Commons dropped to six clared that the Soviet Union ik ready to participate in. any sin tonight when the Conservative cere effort to prevent a new war. candidate won the postponed Boria, speaking in the Georgian General Election poll in the capital of Thus, commented: Mo Sido Division ol Manchel- -limitila: "notable; that, during ting had been delayed untit

'redant-daya, Volces demanding à

today, after the previous Con review of the foreign policies servative candidate in the Generat of the United States and Bri-Election of February 23 died dur

tain in relation to the U88H | ing the campaignell was

tho

are heard not only from progressive and moderate air- oles but from followers of the anti-Soviet polloy In these two countries."

The results as follows:

Mixa Florence Hopsbrugh, Conservativejivo, Mr. R. W.

Casasoli

bour

- Mr.

E. F.

20,347 Lull-

18,789 Liberal 2.607

Conservative majority 8,578

Junis

Conservative carrying

Policy of troops and supplies to the freshly-were missing from the balloting,

peace members conquered Island of Welchow but all nine Liberal ftanking the West coast of Lui- voted with the Tories.

spoke in his cousi- Andreyev The Labourite "Daly Herald" tuency of Ashkhabad on Russian chow Peninsula, were boinbed and

Previous Result-1945; Grimths carried the victory news under a foreign polley, which he declared strated.

(Labour)

Duckworth 30,201 headline-"Every Other Communist craft which banner

Man was buced on a consistent policy

(Conservative)

Moore (Lil- might be used for landings on Jack Voted."

of peace.

-beral)-2,525;-Edwards-(Ind)-440,- Hainan were also attacked,

The Conservative" "Dully Gras"

"The Soviet Union, Indeed, has Labour majority 2,778 Labour Saved said: "Government 14."

been striving for co-operation gain from Conservative::.

With this result, the State of More than 70 Labour MPs are with all peoples," Andreyev sald Singapore, March 10.

A belated amicial report said in the Government administration. "on the basis of mutual respect the Parties in the 025-scat House

and sove became as follows: Malaya's anti-bandit month, that more than 1,000 Nation lany have officer away from the for their laterosts

Forliament building. All were reignty." aliat quorilles attacked Kwang- which began on February 21.

chowan, former

Franch-leased Times pointed out today: Soviet newspaper "Pravda," voice

present for yesterday's vote, but

A front-page editional in thaj is proving "an extraordinary

territory in Lulchow Peninsula

making

such "The strain of on the night of March 3.

efforts to stave off defeat would of the Russian Cominunist Party. [ed today.

also discussed world peace--and A Federal Government omelal

Plainclothesmen inside the territe intolerable in the long run. Referring to

"If the whole carps of minis-atomic controls, #slatement by said that the recent bandit at- tory joined them and in the course the Director of the Japanese tucks had caused even more pro- of five hours of fighting more than ters is to be kept at the immediate beck and call of the whips, sd- Foreign Exchange Control Compie to join the volunteers against 50 Communists were killed.

ministration will become increas- Okumura, mission, Mr.

Mr. them, and nearly half a million The guerillas withdrew at day-ingly difficult. Associated Press. Bmith said to speak of "failure people of all nationalities, from break. of the

Kingdom and the total population of five mill-} colonies to buy under the trade lions, had sworn to help the au-

and General MacArthur has a Gross exaggeration success," it was officially claim

proved the construction of 300,- 000 tone of now "in clase" ships annually.

These vessels will join the Idle liat unless more foreign countries open their ports to Japan, Colonel Miller said,

transportation The American With the city's population swo). expert concaded that Amerlean, lon to 6,000,000-twice the normal British and other Western nations' size-another hit at the power fears of low price competition by plant could cause "the worst Japanese shipping were justified

evel things to happen to Shanghai," he though at present the Japan added. The morale of the city de- ese are often underbid by foreign pended to a great extent on main shippers on individual contracts taining power output.

in the Far East.

He blamed the present

high The Red regime was avoiding

freight rates Canadian officials in Shanghal. He Japanese

business with Canada granted the regime Melal recognition.

Still in Shanghai are the Consul General, Dr. George Patterson, a Vice Consul and two girl clerka.

"The have decided to stick it out." Mr. Rankin sald.

tion."

United

and towns and

This was the first attack of it- kind on Lulchow Peninsula the

A

Grenade attacks in Saigon

agreement is a gross ́exaggera RS were manning road- Nationalists lave so for claimed.

Intensified action by the Nation- He concluded: "We have been blocks, helping the collca toalist Navy was foreshadowed by huving and will continue to buy search villages

visit by President Chiang Kai- to Kaphstung, formerly increasingly and have every in explaining why the terrorists the

Takao,

Nationalist naval base in tention of balancing our trade by were trying to create chaos in

Malaya. Mr. Okumura today reiterated Mr. J. S. Ferguson, Chaliman

South Western Taiwan.

Reports said Chiang went there Japanese Government would or the Central Perak Planters

to attend an

an important naval con- grenade

June 30.

on

the the

believed they were ready to do "failure to reduce padded payroll | continue to bàn all sterling im-Association, said at the Associa ferença somewhat on the lines of night.

Canada-oner [and eliminate ineficiencies plus ports except collon, rice and minor |tion's aumial general meeting in the recent. Air. Force conference

temporary disadvantages lavolved contracta In competing on against foreign countries that are making the trip anyway."

He said: "In the long run there is no question about some Japan ese shippers ability to underbid Western competition,"

+

Saigon, March 10, Fifteen persons, most of them French soldiers, were injured in attacks in Saigon bast

items

me unless and until sales to the Ipoh today that Malaya, needed

The Incidents marked the fifth Taipeh. United Kingdom, and colonies gave more police and troops and better in

anniversary of the clash between un Inilication of reaching levels road and road equipment to deal

Delegates at the conference French and Japanese troops on proposed under thei trade

with the emergency, · †

pledged wholehearted loyalty to March 9, 1945, inent.

Chiang

Official coremonies were held "Something more”

He, in his turn, urged them to earlier in the day in honour of He declared: “All we have got from the United Kingdom so, for Declaring that something must "help write a glorious chapter In 1,700 French and Vietnamese küll.

be done, he said that whether Chinese history. Associated ed in the six has been repeated promises. Wa

months fighting the "something more should Press... wil ban foreign exchange alloca-

#take" the "form of the appoint. tions for sterling imports until

grenade attacks the United Kingdom buyers are ment of a Commander in Chief

were charged to supporters of the able to give is something con- and other measures like 'oom-

Communist-led Vietminh gueril- piste martial law, would have crete."

fas, who have been fighting the :AAP-Rehter adds that reliable to bo walghed and a decision

French here for more than three While the Japanese Government

foreign trade sources believo taken by the Federal Govern.

years-Associated Press. today reiterated its stand on ban-sterling purchases-are at present

ment. ning further foreign exchange al about £10,000,000 behind Japa locations for the purchase of sterling Imports, the British Trea-cao purchases,United Press

and Neuter. In the Far Sury

representative

declared Smith, Easty Mr. H.H 660800-GMT (7, p. 2KST) the United Kingdom and colonies

were not obliged to keep

Mr. Rankin said the Commun- ists had accumulated a big stock of United States dillary, and he knew of one fund in New York. amounting to about $17,000,000.- Associated Press.

The Weather:

SAED

Sterling imports

DREP

The emergency drags on. No

when “or, how it one can yet forecast the ond nor

TRY

come,"

ho

Mr. Ferguson added that the He's well

pozition in Burma and Thailand was not good and he was appro- indoctrinated hensive

sive lest stealthy Infiltration by Communists augment the ban Moscow. March 9.dit force in Malay Mr. Robert Daglish, former.

The problem could not be area-Japan trade far-assistant editor of British solved by Malayas piano but by Today's Forenet - Liliber derate rangement of 1949/50 provided Ally "a - Russian-language the combined efforts of the Wes- Nfor windi,: Cloudy,

anti-cyclone.' covers, BE China and the Zaulan · Ben. A depresionanted with Japanese sterling purchaser Fret Northern Horra Another week as long as trade was balanced by depression has formed over Yating to June 80, adds Reuter.

Mr.

the 8 of Loochoos., Pressure Yemalna jo rver Indo-China.

•Yw_day's Weibar

Minimard és EF5÷jden: Fab..

Dunshine: Nil

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LABOUR GOES

which followed be

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London, March 9, The British Government to day" revoked the Control of Engagement Order--the law which, for over two years gave

power to direct workers | Page into casential jobs.

Labour direction was introduced. in October 1947, to ensure that every Briton was doing work of national Importance according

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